Network meeting on OER policies on November 7th, 2023 from 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (online)

In dialogue with practitioners!

More and more universities in Germany are committed to OER and want to use guidelines to send a signal to teachers that they approve of creating and sharing OER. The path to such a policy, i.e. an OER policy, can vary greatly depending on the university. Determining factors here can be the size of the university and accordingly the circle of participants or the approach to policy development – top-down or bottom-up, more or less participatory, etc.

Despite different starting points, there are steps in the development of an OER policy that all universities go through. We tried to visualize these steps in an OER Policy Kit. In addition to a map with the individual steps, materials such as presentation slides or text modules for mailings are also provided. The kit is intended to provide guidance on questions such as: Where should I start? Who should I contact and when?

At the fourth network meeting we would like to present and discuss the OER Policy Kit. We developed the policy kit together with Frank Homp (ORCA.nrw) and Astrid Dreyer (HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen), who explain their path to an OER policy as an example.

The policy kit provides input on the following questions:

• Which steps are essential in the process and which are nice to have?
• Which actors should be involved and when?
• Which materials and tools can be useful for the coordination process?

After the presentation, you will have the opportunity to address your questions directly and discuss them together. We look forward to your impression and feedback.

Moderation: Yulia Loose (lawyer, ELAN e.V.) and Silvia Czerwinski (scientific MA, Technical Information Library)

Please Register for the online event at: support.twillo@tib.eu

Further information and the link to the workshop room can be found on the twillo event website.